• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Joy the Baker
Joy the Baker
  • New Magazine!
  • Bread
  • Cookies
  • Cakes
  • Pies
  • Recipes
    • All Recipes
    • Biscuits
    • Muffins
    • Cupcakes
    • Drinks
    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
    • Dinner
    • Fruit
    • Nuts
    • Buttermilk
    • Chocolate
    • Vanilla
    • Holiday
    • Healthy
    • Gluten-Free
    • Vegan
  • Blog
    • Baking 101
    • Tips
    • Beyond the Kitchen
    • Let It Be Sunday!
    • New Orleans

Apple Pie Granita

July 20, 2009 by Joy the Baker 62 Comments

Apple Pie Granita

I like you.  I like you a lot.  I mean it… and I don’t think I’ve told you in a while.  Sweet.  I’m glad you’re here.

Would now be a good time to tell you that I have a serious, though not lasting, aversion to my kitchen these days?   I have an even more serious aversion to my oven.  For reals.

It’s just that… well, it’s summer!  There seems to be so many museums to visit, brunches to have, friends to laugh with, wine to drink… and somehow none of this fun takes place in my kitchen.

Amazingly, and through the miracle that is my freezer, I’ve managed to throw together a lovely and waaaay super easy summer recipe.  It’s apple pie meets snow cone, minus the cone, plus a hint of awesome.

Apple Pie Granita

If it’s summer in your part of the globe… please please please make this.  Remember when you were a kid and used to freeze juice in the ice cube tray?  Dangit!  Why were those cubes always so rock solid!?  This Apple Pie Granita is the adult version of such childhood endeavours.  Super sweet!

Apple Pie Granita

recipe from um… Emeril Lagasse

Print this Recipe!

3 cups natural, unfiltered apple juice

1/2 cup sugar

1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

big pinch of freshly grated nutmeg

pinch of ground allspice

Combine all of the ingredients in a saucepan over medium high heat.  Heat and stir until all of the sugar has dissolved, about 3 minutes.  Pour into an 8-inch square glass baking dish.  Place in the freezer until icy around the edges, about 1 hour.  Using a fork, scrape the icy shards towards the center of the dish.  Freeze again for another hour and again scrape the icy shards.  Continue freezing and scraping until slushy throughout.  Eat standing at the open freezer door, or place in small dishes and serve immediately.

Previous PostNext Post

Filed Under: Drinks, Fruit, Recipes

Previous Post: « Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Next Post: Browned Butter Blueberry Muffins »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Amy

    July 22, 2009 at 5:31 pm

    Made this! Big hit with adults and kids alike. Need a second batch.

    Reply
  2. Cakespy

    July 22, 2009 at 10:53 am

    Oh joy! I say to Joy. The baker. I love the idea of summering up a cold weather treat. You are brilliant.

    Reply
  3. Dawn

    July 22, 2009 at 9:15 am

    I can understand getting an aversion to something you love. I am a classical musician. Often I will choose to learn a piece because I am completely enamored with it, but then after many hours of practice, can’t stand it any more. I even get that way with my instrument. Practicing becomes a chore, rather than my passion. After a break, the love returns.

    Reply
  4. Emily

    July 22, 2009 at 6:50 am

    I can’t wait to make this! Thank you. We have those animal glasses; aren’t they fun? When I went back to Cost Plus to get more, I was informed that the glass ones were “dangerous” because apparently they break easily and break into nasty pointy shards. I was told I could trade my glass ones in for plastic, which I did not, I just bought more and different animals. The new ones are plastic, which are not as nice looking, they scratch, etc. But they are safe and I guess that’s good. ?? !!

    Reply
  5. funderbug

    July 22, 2009 at 6:32 am

    Recipe looks yummy and I have those exact same glasses! Wish I could find them again… but the only ones I could find when I went back to check were plastic. Bummer.

    Reply
  6. McKenna Lindsey

    July 21, 2009 at 8:45 pm

    Where did you get the farm animal glasses? I love them!

    Reply
  7. Julie

    July 21, 2009 at 8:46 pm

    love the “print this recipe” feature!!

    Reply
  8. Irina @ PastryPal

    July 21, 2009 at 7:42 pm

    You’re blog is so charming and a “joy” to read. The way you write pulls me in. Though I’m glad this is a food blog, I’d probably be happy to read about your trips to the museum or brunches, or whatever else you felt like telling us about during this baking dry spell. As far as the granita, boy, does that look refreshing. I might be even more refreshed if I threw in a splash of Calvados. Shhh.

    Reply
  9. Kristen

    July 21, 2009 at 6:42 pm

    Oh…my…god! I have those cups! Ha ha!!

    Reply
  10. When Pigs Fly

    July 21, 2009 at 6:21 pm

    I don’t blame you for not wanting to be in the kitchen during the summer. Living in the midwest all I want to do is be outside and enjoy the sun and warmth. Made your chocolate chip, peanut butter cookies and got rave reviews. Used unsweetened PB and less than the recipe called for as I ran out but it was still fab.
    Thanks

    Reply
  11. Sandy

    July 21, 2009 at 4:20 pm

    Looks awesome, and I’m sure it tastes even better, but Joy – it’s Summer. That doesn’t mean staying away from your kitchen, it means getting into it! Nothin’ says summer like planning a meal with friends and sitting outside to enjoy it & a glass of wine. Just sayin’!

    Reply
  12. Moose

    July 21, 2009 at 3:36 pm

    Love that recipe….. oh, what a coincidence …. my human mom has that same sheep glass, one of her favorites!!
    Tail Wags to All.
    ~Moose

    Reply
  13. pity

    July 21, 2009 at 2:56 pm

    i just discovered your blog, and i love it! your apple pie granita is my kind odessert even more with this heat! already one of my favourites,
    cheers from london!
    pity

    Reply
  14. Kerstin

    July 21, 2009 at 1:23 pm

    Looks tasty! And I love the cute glasses you served them in :)

    Reply
  15. The Duo Dishes

    July 21, 2009 at 12:57 pm

    So far we’ve made pomegranate kiwi granitas and sangria granitas, but never a granita that tasted like a baked good. Good one. Very good.

    Reply
« Older Comments
Newer Comments »
Comments Page 3 of 5
« Previous 1 2 3 4 5 Next »

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

RELATED POSTS IN Drinks

Best batch cocktail for summer blended and served in two glasses with fruit and mint
Frozen Pimm’s Cups

I’ve been a board certified adult for a few years (if not a few decades) now and can tell you a handful of things for certain. For certain we know that we are here, first and foremost, with the best summer cocktails on our mind: a Pimm’s cocktail.  Adulthood comes with certain small joys that…

Read More

Super Simple Lambrusco Sangria

Here’s how we’re drinking red wine this summer:  with orange soda and ice. I first had this easy-drinking red wine cocktail years ago in Austin, Texas at the Hotel San Jose. Now every time the deepest summer days rolls around and the hot wind loses a bit of its humidity, I find myself craving this…

Read More

9 Ways To Lemonade

Hey it’s me. Just sliding  in your inbox with a refreshing thirst trap for ya.  A thirst trap for the actually very thirsty.  And more than a trap it’s a solution.   Lemonade.  All kinda of ways.  Pink, green, spicy, tropical, healthy, caffeinated.  Gosh Beyonce would be proud. I’m just trying to keep it fresh…

Read More

Primary Sidebar

Fresh baked emails, delivered to your inbox

Jump to Recipe

Receive recipes from Joy the Baker and updates on events at The Bakehouse.

HI! I’M JOY!

Jump to Recipe

Welcome! This has been my little corner of the internet since 2008!

I’m a baker, photographer, cookbook author and teacher.  I live laugh love in New Orleans. 

MORE ABOUT JOY AND THE TEAM

BOOKS + Magazines

Jump to Recipe

JOY THE BAKER 2022 SUMMER MAGAZINE

JOY THE BAKER 2021 HOLIDAY MAGAZINE

JOY THE BAKER 2020 HOLIDAY MAGAZINE

HOMEMADE DECADENCE

OVER EASY: SWEET AND SAVORY RECIPES FOR LEISURELY DAYS COOKBOOK

JOY THE BAKER COOKBOOK

Jump to Recipe

Joy the baker with dyed bandana around neck

HOW TO MAKE DYED BANDANAS

as seen in JtB Magazine!

Jump to Recipe
joy the baker on facebook joy the baker on twitter pinterest-social instagram-socialbloglovin-social

JOY @ WILLIAMS SONOMA

Jump to Recipe

SHOP THE CAKE LINE OF CAKE MIXES!

DRAKE ON CAKE

Jump to Recipe

Passionate from miles away since 2015.

Check it out on Instagram

Drake on cake instagram.

 

FAVORITE FRUIT RECIPES

strawberry sheet cake on a plate with strawberries on top.

My Favorite Super Easy Strawberry Sheet Cake

Berry crostata topped with whipped cream with coffee.

A Single Serve Berry Crostata Recipe

fresh baked blueberry cobbler on a plate with vanilla ice cream on top.

The Secrets To My Favorite Blueberry Cobbler

POPULAR CAKES

strawberry sheet cake on a plate with strawberries on top.

My Favorite Super Easy Strawberry Sheet Cake

Slice of coconut cake on small white plate with coffee.

My favorite Coconut Cake is actually made with cake mix

A slice of lemon blueberry gooey butter cake held on a cake slicer.

Lemon Blueberry Gooey Butter Cake

Footer

Instagram

joythebaker

📚Baker and author of books and magazines
🎂Creator @drakeoncake
💁🏻‍♀️Classes with me @thebakehousenola
🍰 Products with @williamssonoma

joythebaker
My EASIEST Strawberry Sheet Cake is also my absolu My EASIEST Strawberry Sheet Cake is also my absolute favorite. Get into a box of white cake mix and fresh 🍓🍓 purée! Topped with a thick layer of strawberry cream cheese frosting - this cake is a little pink dream! ⁣
⁣
The Easiest Strawberry Sheet Cake recipe linked in the bio for you! 💋
Our resident reader, @tobyfels shares my favorite Our resident reader, @tobyfels shares my favorite list of the summer on Joy the Baker this year: The Best Books for Summer 2022!  As a person who reads Beach Reads all year long, this is IT! With titles by @ashleymcoleman_ @anarasong @annleary @bonnie_garmus_author @heyashposton @annabelmonaghan @greerhendricks @sarahpekkanen @shelbyvanpeltwrites @marilynsimonrothstein @@misterosman and @kirstin.chen. The guide to your bookworm summer linked in the bio!
Over here testing the limits of “you are what yo Over here testing the limits of “you are what you eat” and will soon be taking my final form as a summer tomato. ⁣🫠🍅
⁣
This Mediterranean Feta and Fresh Tomato Tart is an absolute show stopper with a buttery crisp, press-in crust, whipped feta, and layers of fresh tomato, cucumber, onions, and olives. I’ll leave the recipe linked in the bio - it’s really very special. Join me. We are 🍅🍅.
Here are my two best kept secrets for getting thro Here are my two best kept secrets for getting through this summer.  I’ve never been much for secrets so I’m letting you right in! ⁣
1.	I’m committed to folding crumbled chewy brownies into the easiest homemade no-churn ice cream.⁣
2.	I’m shopping for all of my baking and summer entertaining essentials, wine and cheese at the new @aldiusa stores opening across the Gulf Coast! Wait… you’re as obsessed with ALDI as I am, right? The shopping is always easy and affordable and I always come home with a fun treat among my essentials. Hit up my stories to see my grocery haul (and the chips I ate in the car on the way home) and head to your nearest ALDI for your summer essentials!  #ad⁣
⁣
I’ll leave the recipe and your #ALDILove grocery list linked in the bio!
Let’s just make one! ⁣ ⁣ One Single Berry Cr Let’s just make one! ⁣
⁣
One Single Berry Crostata just you for. Double the recipe (🔗 in the bio) only if you want to share. ⁣
⁣
#joythebaker #berry #crostata #smallbatch #dessert #foodblogfeed
The freezer is packed with ice cream treats from h The freezer is packed with ice cream treats from here on out, and that’s a promise. ⁣
⁣
Find this Milk and Cereal Ice Cream Bar and loads of other semi-homemade ice cream treats linked in the bio! 💓🍦🫠
Load More... Follow on Instagram

Copyright © 2022 · Joy the Baker
All rights reserved. Violators will be whupped and sent to bed with no dessert · Privacy Policy

Scroll Up